Shlomo Mantzur was killed on Oct. 7, Israel announces

(JTA) - The oldest hostage in Gaza is not alive, Israeli authorities announced on Tuesday.

Shlomo Mantzur was killed 16 months ago, during Hamas' attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and his body was taken to Gaza, Israeli officials said they determined after assessing intelligence data gathered in recent months. He was 85 at the time and is survived by a wife, five children and 12 grandchildren.

Mantzur, who moved to Israel as a child after his family fled their native Iraq following the 1941 anti-Jewish pogrom known as the Farhud, was a longtime member of Kibbutz Kissufim. Eight other members o...